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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "The sins of the father [are] visited upon the son?"
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Oracle.
(c) The Spinx.
(d) The Fury.

2. Who is "unmoved by the sound of snorting horses?"
(a) Eteoklos.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Megareus.
(d) Polyphontes.

3. What type of violation is used to describe women seeing their husbands, sons, and brothers killed?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Physical.
(c) Biological.
(d) Emotional.

4. What imagery does the Chorus use to illustrate the situation of Eteocles and his family?
(a) A ship.
(b) The waves.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The throne.

5. Who is nicknamed "Killer of many?"
(a) Eteoklos.
(b) Kapaneus.
(c) Parthenopaios.
(d) Polyphontes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eteocles call upon to fight to protect the land and the city of Thebes?

2. Who is Jocasta?

3. What does the Chorus do when they hear the sounds of attack from outside the walls?

4. Who's name can be translated as "cause of weeping?"

5. Eteocles' and Oedipus' story is playing out the curse originally laid on ___________.

(see the answer key)

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